Grave Quotes

1157 Grave quotes by 832 unique authors

A cook she certainly was, in the very bone and centre of her soul. Not a....turkey....in the barn-yard but looked grave when they saw her… — Harriet Beecher Stowe
One last word of farewell, dear master and mistress. Whenever you visit my grave, say to yourselves with regret but also happiness in your hearts… — Eugene O'Neill
Two days ago we waded through the mud out to this grave beneath the pines at the foot of the hill to place a Christmas… — Eugene O'Neill
When I die, my epitaph or whatever you call those signs on gravestones is going to read: I joked about every prominent man of my… — Will Rogers
Any political movement directed against any body of our fellow-citizens because of their religious creed is a grave offense against American principles and American institutions.… — Theodore Roosevelt
I like to think of poetry as statements made on the way to the grave. — Dylan Thomas
No, no! The energy of life may be Kept on after the grave, but not begun; And he who flagg'd not in the earthly strife,… — Matthew Arnold
The current economic crisis...has numerous causes and sends a powerful message about the need for a profound revision of the model of global economic development.… — Pope Benedict XVI
...But nature does not say that cats are more valuable than mice; nature makes no remark on the subject. She does not even say that… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Consciousness is the grave of things, the place where they cease to exist, beyond which they end. And when they have ended, it seems that… — Oskar Kokoschka
Someone did us all a grave injustice by implying that mourning has a distinct beginning, middle, and end. — Hope Edelman
Amid so many problems, even grave, may we not lose our hope in the infinite mercy of God. — Pope Francis
Our goal is not to assume leadership of existing institutions, but rather to render them irrelevant. We don't want to take over the state or… — Kevin Carson
The legitimate aim of criticism is to direct attention to the excellent. The bad will dig its own grave. — Christian Nestell Bovee
A little time, and thou shalt close thy eyes; and him who has attended thee to thy grave, another soon will lament. — Marcus Aurelius
Either still I find Some imperfection in the chosen theme, Or see of absolute accomplishment Much wanting, so much wanting, in myself, That I recoil… — William Wordsworth
Would you be free from the condemnation of the sins that are past, from the power of the temptations that are to come? Then take… — Dwight L. Moody
Look on the grave where thou must sleep Thy last, and strongest foe; It is endurance not to weep, If that repose seem woe. — Emily Bronte
Christianity as a specific doctrine was slain with Jesus, suddenly and utterly. He was hardly cold in his grave, or high in his heaven (as… — George Bernard Shaw
Life is more than a theory, and love of truth butters no bread: old men who have had to struggle along their way, who know… — James Anthony Froude
After carrying and collecting like the ant, Enjoy-before the grave worm devours thee. — Bill Vaughan
From plots and treasons Heaven preserve my years, But save me most from my petitioners. Unsatiate as the barren womb or grave; God cannot grant… — John Dryden
On the third day the friends of Christ coming at daybreak to the place found the grave empty and the stone rolled away. In varying… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
One learned gentleman, "a sage grave man," Talk'd of the Ghost in Hamlet, "sheath'd in steel"— His well-read friend, who next to speak began, Said,… — Bill Vaughan
O heart, and mind, and thoughts! what thing do you Hope to inherit in the grave below? — Percy Bysshe Shelley

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